Born in Belo Horizonte, André Brant is a conductor and pianist. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in conducting from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), in the class of professors Charles Roussin and Silvio Viegas. After completing his studies in Brazil, he moved to Germany where he earned a master’s degree in orchestral conducting and cornetry at the Hochschule für Musik in Dresden, Germany, in the class of Christian Kluttig and Stefen Leißner.

In addition to having performed several concerts in Brazil, he has also conducted orchestras in Germany, Lithuania, Italy and the Czech Republic.

He has participated in courses and masterclasses with the most renowned conductors of today, with emphasis on Jorma Panula, John Neschling, Robert Spano, Lanfranco Marceletti, Marin Alsop, Giancarlo Guerrero, Osvaldo Ferreira, among others.

In 2015, André founded Cia Mineira de Ópera, a group that has been operating since then with the aim of promoting and disseminating opera throughout the state of Minas Gerais. In association with this group, he conducted and musically directed several productions, with emphasis on the season held in 2016 when 5 operas were produced. He was also responsible for conducting and the musical direction of the world premiere of “Pitágoras de Samos” by Andersen Viana, which won numerous awards, including the “All that Moves International Film Festival 2022” as Best Cinema Soundtrack for a Brazilian Feature Film.

He led the Youth Orchestra of CEFART (Center for Artistic and Technological Training) of the Palácio das Artes for four years, doing intensive work in the formation and dissemination of orchestral music in the city of Belo Horizonte and in the countryside. He was the titular conductor of the Coral Infanto Juvenil do Pálacio das Artes between the years 2018 and 2019. Still at CEFART, he created the discipline Opera Studio, with which he directed an annual opera production with the students.

In 2019 he performed a concert with the Minas Gerais Symphony Orchestra as guest conductor and became a permanent member of the group the following year, becoming its assistant conductor. With OSMG, he has been frequently performing concerts of the most varied styles, moving between the erudite and popular repertoire, as well as being constantly involved in the preparation of operas.